Undergarment.



E. EMMERS.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1914.

1,1 18,63. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

INVENTOR WlTNESSES gd-luancb (imam; $2M @422? BY Mimi THE NORRIS PETERS CC, PHOTO LITHIL, \VASHINGION. D C 4 To all whom it may concern I EDWARD nivnvinns, or noYEnsFonn, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Be it known that I, EDWARD EMMnRs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Royersford, in the county of Montgomcry and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Undergarments, of which the following 1s aspecification.

My invention has for. its object the provision of an undervest for women which shall have as an integral part thereof a suitable means for support or attachment of a sanitary napkin.

My invention consists in an undergarment embodying the features of construction hereinafter described and defined in a the claims. a a

The invention will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig.3 is a transverse section of the same at a point above the bar; Fig. l is a front elevation of the bar and a portion of the garment to which it is attached; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of the bar; Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line a2-m of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing how the bars areformed of tubular knitted fabric.

2 is the body of the garment and is shown as an under-vest, but I do not restrict myself thereto, as the inventionmay be equally applied to full length garments such as union-suits.

3 and #l are two transverse or horizontal bars, one at the front and the other at the {back of the garment and at its lower portion near the position of the waist line or a little below it. These bars are sewed at their ends to the body of the garment, so as'to form loops of considerable width and through which the ends of the sanitary -nap.

kin may be passed. The napkin ends may then be folded over the bars and pinned and thereby be conveniently supported.

The bars are formed of compactly knitted tubular fabric which is pressed to make a flat bar without sewn edges or selvages. This bar is strong and practically nonstretchable in the direction of its length,

though otherwise is very soft and flexible and hence of the most desirable character for use in a garment which is to lie next to the skin and subjected to the pressure of the corsets. The ends of the bar are sewn Specification of Lettersiiatent. jPatg-gn ted Novi Application filed 31119114914. Seria1 No.8 50,310.

to the body of the garment by wide zig-zag stitches 5, which provide two lines of attachment at each end; and at the'sanie time the zigzag stitches hold the cut ends of the bar from unraveling. Such a seam or form of stitched attachment is strong, artistic and imparts a desirable finish. In view of the fact that the individual stitches of a knitted fabric are relatively weak and to rupture one of them would cause the fabric to unravel, the form and character of these zigzag stitches 5 as a means of attaching the two pieces of knitted fabric are important, especially so as the lines of their respective loops run at right angles toeach other.

The body of the garment has its loops arranged in vertical lines, as is customary, whereas the lines of loops in the bars are arranged transversely to the lines of loops of the body, so as to be least stretchable transversely to the body while the body of the garment is least stretchable vertically and thereby holds the bars in proper vertiquently, it is especially desirable as an undergarment.

In some cases the rough use by the wearer may make it desirable to give somewhat more strength in the bar attachment and this may be obtained as shown in Figsa5 and 6, in which the flat bar 3 is formedof a longer strip of the tubular fabric and doubled back upon itself as at This part 6 may be, if desired, stitched along its edges to the body. 2 by stitches 7 and the ends of the bar 3 arethen stitched down by the zigzag stitches 5 as before explained.

In Fig. 7, I have shown the manner of forming the bar fabric. It is knitted tubular as at 5 with small diameter and close and fine loops so as to be strong and compact; and this tubular fabric is then flattened as at 3 and used as the bars 3 and 4 of the garment.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s:

versely to the lines of the loops of the knitted body, and stitches at each end of the bars for attaching them to the body fabric and preventing the loops from unraveling.

In testimony of which invention, 1 herc- 15 unto set myhand.

bars formed of closely knitted tubular fabric in flattened form and secured at each end to the body by wide zig-zag stitches.

2. An undergarment having a knitted 5 body with lines of loops extending vertically, combined with a. transverse bar at front and back near its lower body portion,

said bars formed of flattened tubular knit ted fabric with the lines of its loops extend- ]0 ingalong the length of the bars and trans- EDWARD EMMERS.

Witnesses: 1

U. S. G. F INKBINER, CLARA FREY,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

